About

Appointed general counsel of Snam in January 2010, Marco Reggiani oversees three separate functions at the Italian natural gas infrastructure company. Utilising both the legal and managerial expertise accrued during a decade working in the oil and gas industry, Reggiani currently oversees the general counsel, company secretary and compliance office functions over all companies in the Snam Group. He explains the need to ‘continuously innovate’ when providing legal assistance and develop a function that provides advice closely aligned with business needs. With a comprehensive leadership remit, including the coordination of almost 56 managers and employees, Reggiani supervises a team that combines legal professionals with other support staff. A strategic and inclusive thinker, he has triggered several initiatives for short-, mid- and long-term objectives for the legal department and the wider company to achieve. To make this possible Reggiani encouraged deeper collaboration between internal leaders, external law firms and business clients to achieve ever-improving results. Innovative solutions are somewhat of a hallmark for Reggiani; using tools such as training and implementing new frameworks and structures, he constantly attempts to use programs that fulfil Snam’s compliance needs at the highest international standards. Showing strong ethical considerations, he believes it is of the ‘utmost importance’ that the legal department represents an ethical role model for the company as a whole. Reggiani believes these outcomes have facilitated Snam’s international growth, which his department have then been able to support. Notable transactions include Snam’s acquisition of co-controlling stakes in Transport et Infrastructure Gaz France, and in Trans Austria Gasleitung, plus Snam’s success in acquiring a minority participation in Trans Adriatic Pipeline, the company established for the purpose of developing the pipeline project spanning from the Turkey-Greece border to Italy. Further showcasing the regard he is held in, Reggiani has also been assigned positions on executive committees and senior managerial roles. He is the chairman of Italgas, a board member of Snam Ete Gas, secretary to the board of directors of Snam and a member of Snam’s senior management committee. Milan Bar qualified Reggiani has received validation and external recognition for his success, having been recognised by industry bodies through honours on an individual and team basis. He previously acted as the chair for the Legal Affairs Commission of Assomineraria, an Italian association for mining and oil Industry, from 2002 to 2006, and taught Environmental Law at the LIUC University of Castellanza.